Historical Events
1898 – 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
1926 – Chicago Cub’s Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
1994 – Roman Herzog elected President of Germany
2001 – Marco Siffredi becomes the first person to snowboard down Mount Everest via the Norton Couloir (some share record accreditation with Stefan Gatt)
2021 – 28th Billboard Music Awards: The Weeknd wins 10; Pop Smoke wins 5
Famous Birthdays
1795 – Charles Barry, British architect, born in London (d. 1860)
1898 – Joseph H. Hazen, Hollywood lawyer (Warner Brothers), born in Kingston, New York (d. 1996)
1934 – Malcolm Gill, deputy head (Bank for Intl Settlements)
1936 – Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
1946 – David Graham, Australian golfer (PGA C’ship 1979, US Open 1981), born in Windsor, NSW
1980 – Lane Garrison, American actor (Prison Break), born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Deaths
1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1785 – William Woollett, engraver, dies
1838 – Jan Willem Janssens, Dutch nobleman, military officer, and Governor-General of Cape colony and Dutch-Indies, dies at 75
1947 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (Le Petit Village), dies at 68
1996 – Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber, dies of exposure on Mount Everest at 35
2001 – Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party), dies at 83